Though the prefix "contra-" may mean against or opposite to, the members of Louisiana Contras & Squares have found plenty of common ground and formed a community with each other. At least one Saturday ...

Contra dancing at the Michael Solomon Pavilion in Kettering. CONTRIBUTED Contra dancing at the Michael Solomon Pavilion in Kettering. CONTRIBUTED How to go What: Dayton Contra Dance Parties When: ...

SUNDELL AND FRIEND: Contra dancing comes to Arkansas. When I first heard the term contra dancing I thought it was something illicit — a guerrilla movement whose members meet for a tango in dank ...

Contra dancing has been around since the 1700s. If you don't know it — it's kind of like square dancing but with long lines of dancers. The dance is having a renaissance around the country thanks to a ...

GOSHEN — On a chilly Saturday evening, around 50 people put on their most comfortable shoes and made their way to Goshen First Church. They were there for fellowship, fun, exercise and, most ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- They headed into the Broadway Grange in groups or pairs or singly, eager to dance together whether they knew each other or not. “Form two lines couple by couple, facing the band, ...

Twice a month, community members come together to hear fiddles, the voice of a caller and join hands in a traditional folk dance dating back to the 1700s — contra dancing. In Urbana, this traditional ...

It’s a busy night at the Bozeman Senior Center as an unexpected group gathers together for a weekend of contra dancing.

Formal and informal dancing has been a part of American society since before we transformed into United States, and one group in Savannah has kept those early traditions of dance alive. The Savannah ...